CVE-2005-0800 — PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in install.php in mcNews 1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by modifying the l parameter to reference a URL on a remote web server that contains the code, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0720

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PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in install.php in mcNews 1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by modifying the l parameter to reference a URL on a remote web server that contains the code, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0720

Published Mar 20, 2005

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.96%

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in install.php in mcNews 1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by modifying the l parameter to reference a URL on a remote web server that contains the code, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0720.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.96% 0.02957

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02957

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (8 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.96% (0.02957)	86.71th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.96% (0.02957)	85.36th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.93% (0.01929)	82.17th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	8.97% (0.08971)	94.86th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	9.59% (0.09593)	93.76th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.48% (0.04482)	88.77th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.48% (0.04482)	87.66th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.48% (0.04482)	71.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (5)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111108900102438&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/14528
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445606/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12835
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19726
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111108900102438&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/14528		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445606/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12835		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19726		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 20, 2005

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Mar 20, 2005

Link CVE-2005-0800

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-0800

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-0800